Number of furloughed workers up to nearly 18,000

The number of furloughed workers in Taiwan increased to nearly 18,000 in the last seven days of September as the economic impact of COVID-19-related border restrictions remained, but a long-term downward trend has continued in the number of furloughed workers, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Monday.

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